Robinson Jeffers was one of the most controversial poets of the twentieth century. Best Sellers Prime Gift Ideas Today's Deals Electronics Customer Service Books New Releases Home Computers Food & Grocery Toys & Games Gift Cards Video Games Beauty & personal care Baby Sports & Outdoors Health & Personal Care Fashion Home Improvement Pet Supplies Automotive Coupons Sell. The Loyalties of Robinson Jeffers. Description de l'article : Carcanet Press Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014. He was a poet who is not easily contained within the regular framework of literary history. Californians. Paperback. Read preview Overview. Drawing on the "beauty of things" in nature, Robinson Jeffers wrote poetry that highlighted the difference between the natural world and the condition of the modern man - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Eco-prophet. Looking for books by Robinson Jeffers? Selected Poems: Robinson Jeffers (Paperback) by Robinson Jeffers and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Robinson Jeffers: Selected full-text books and articles. Robinson Jeffers; Books by Robinson Jeffers. Santa Cruz, letters, first editions, works, and books about Robinson Jeffers. › Find signed collectible books by 'Robinson Jeffers' English. Near fine / very good. Robinson Jeffers was born in Pittsburgh on January 10, 1887 to Presbyterian minister and biblical scholar Dr. William Hamilton Jeffers and Annie Robinson Tuttle Jeffers. Books by author Robinson Jeffers at Boomerang Books, Australia's Online Independent Bookstore - Page 1 First and Limited Edition. The Selected Poetry Of Robinson Jeffers. In 1938 Random House published The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers , a volume that would remain in print for more than fifty years. Author: Jeffers Robinson 1887-1962. New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies. Robinson Jeffers: Poet of California. THE COLLECTED POETRY OF ROBINSON JEFFERS, Volumes 1-4 Edited by Tim Hunt; Stanford University Press, 2,192 pp., $75 each Dr. Jeffers took an active interest in his son’s education, tutoring him in the bible and classical languages and taking his family to Europe for extended stays. I have also provided a link to the The Robinson Jeffers Association which again in their words is, "a community of persons interested in the life and work of the California poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)." ‎20th Century poet. The precipitous cliffs, rolling headlands, and rocky inlets of the California coast come alive in the poetry of John Robinson Jeffers, an icon of the environmental movement. Alex A. Vardamis. The Centenary ed. Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation . His father, a professor of Old Testament Literature and Biblical History at Western Theology Seminary in Pittsburgh, supervised Jeffers's education, and Robinson … “Strong Counsel” from Can Poetry Matter: Essays on Poetry and American Culture. No thanks. Robinson Jeffers was one of the most controversial poets of the twentieth century. Language: English. Shop the latest titles by Robinson Jeffers at Alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. Robinson Jeffers: The Man and the Artist. Robert Brophy. New York: Fordham U Press, 1995. › Find signed collectible books by 'Robinson Jeffers' Cawdor and Medea: A Long Poem After Euripides a New Directions Book. - Charles Simic From the mid-1920s through the early 1930s, Robinson Jeffers was ranked by many critics as one of Americas most important living poets. ISBN 9780811200738 (978-0-8112-0073-8) Softcover, New Directions, 1970. Books by Robinson Jeffers. Robinson Jeffers died in 1962 at the age of seventy-five, ending one of the most controversial poetic careers of this century. In this concise and accessible biography, Jeffers scholar James Karman reveals deep insights into this passionate and complex figure and establishes Jeffers as a leading American poet of prophetic vision. Robinson Jeffers was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Californians. Robinson Jeffers was a modernist American poet. The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a nonprofit organization of volunteer members established in 1978 to acquire, maintain and provide for public access to Tor House, Hawk Tower and the surrounding gardens. by Robinson Jeffers . Dear Judas and … 1956. Condizione: New. Hardcover. Critical Reputation of Robinson Jeffers: A Bibliographic Study. Selected Poems: Robinson Jeffers (Paperback) by Robinson Jeffers and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Author: Robinson Jeffers. Archon Books. by Robinson Jeffers . 1972. 40pp. Find This Book A brief engagement led to marriage in April 1885 and the birth of their first son, John Robinson Jeffers, in 1887. He's a formidable epic poet, and is generally more successful than the other major English poets at long narratives. List Price: $26.75. For decades it drew enough poets, students, and general readers to keep Jeffers--in spite of the almost total academic neglect that followed his fame in the 1920s and 1930s--a force in American poetry. The Jeffers family frequently traveled to Europe, and Robinson attended boarding schools in Germany and Switzerland. First printing, no. Brand new Book. Etat : New. A Humanities West symposium titled "The Classical Idea: The Enduring Light of Ancient Greece" will be held at San Francisco Herbst Theatre, June 3-4. Robinson Jeffers and the American Sublime is the most comprehensive and most substantial critical work ever devoted to the major American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962). Try the new Google Books. No eBook available. Item #20082932 American poet Robinson Jeffers 1887-1962 was a prolific writer of the twentieth century; his bleak and uncompromising style of poetry was formed through his New York: Boni and Liveright. Brand new Book. In this volume, essential poems selected from his major works provide an excellent overview of Jeffers's style and the themes present throughout his work. See all books authored by Robinson Jeffers, including The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers), and Selected Poems of Robinson Jeffers (in Russian), and more on ThriftBooks.com. Jeffers' parents preferred his middle name (possibly given with Dr. Jeffers' first wife in mind), so he was always called Robinson or Robin. Robinson Jeffers is a criminally underrated poet, easily the equal of Eliot and Frost (and in my view a better poet than either) . Medea. Find This Book The son of Presbyterian minister and Biblical scholar, Dr. William Hamilton Jeffers, as a boy Jeffers was thoroughly trained in the Bible and classical languages. ISBN 9781110109920 (978-1-110-10992-0) Hardcover, BiblioLife, 2009. New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. Jeffers was a poet concerned with cruelty and horror, whose dramatic narratives are filled with scenes of blood and lust, and whose verse shows vigorous beauty and great originality. Compare Prices. Californians. Try it now. Once the subject of a literary cult, American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was later rejected by liberal taste and by the academic establishment. Robinson Jeffers is the author of books such as The Selected Poetry Of Robinson Jeffers. On May 25 Harrison Smith, "A marvelously comprehensive bibliography of Jeffers that reads like a detective novel and makes me want to peek into every item mentioned and immerse myself in his poetry." Robert Zaller. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. University of Michigan Press. The son of a theology professor at Western Seminary in Pittsburgh, Jeffers was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as a boy, and spent three years in Germany and Switzerland before entering the University of Western Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) at fifteen. In this volume, essential poems selected from his major works provide an excellent overview of Jeffers’s style and the themes present throughout his work. By the spring of 1924, Robinson Jeffers, age 37, may have been known as much for his stonemasonry as for his poetry. Welcome to Robinsons Bookshop's Online store. Paperback. Robinson Jeffers, (born Jan. 10, 1887, Pittsburgh—died Jan. 20, 1962, Carmel, Calif., U.S.), one of the most controversial U.S. poets of the 20th century, for whom all things except his pantheistically conceived God are transient, and human life is viewed as a frantic, often contemptible struggle within a net of passions.. George Sterling. Gioia, Dana. Robinson Jeffers by Edward Weston In the autumn of 1934, Jeffers received a letter from Sister Mary James Power — a principal and teacher at a girls’ Catholic high school in Massachusetts. 'Hurt Hawks' and 'Vulture' are among the best animals poems I have read in the language. Graywolf, 1992. Get print book. Robinsons Bookshop has been in business for over 50 years. A second son, Hamilton Moore Jeffers, was born in 1893. Robinson Jeffers. He is the author of Monterey County Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Everson, William. AbeBooks; Amazon; Find in a library ... Robinson Jeffers Newsletter, Issues 80-89 Snippet view - 1991. 202pp. Mystic of stone and the working of stone. He’d published a mediocre volume of regional interest eight years earlier, and… Paperback Dec 2013. Selected Poems: Robinson Jeffers (Paperback) de Robinson Jeffers et d'autres livres, articles d'art et de collection similaires disponibles sur AbeBooks.fr. Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems. 1926. 65 of 375 copies, octavo size, 160 pp., signed by Robinson Jeffers, with glassine and slipcase. The Robinson Jeffers Association Try the new Google Books. Robinson Jeffers was born on January 10, 1887, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a town which is now part of Pittsburgh. Californians - Primary Source Edition. “All Grass is Flesh” from The Excesses of God, in Robinson Jeffers: Dimensions of a Poet, ed. Robinson Jeffers and the American Sublime By Robert Zaller Stanford University Press, 2012. Karman, James. Language: English. 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